Notes on Contributors

Jeffrey A. Alexander is the Richard C. Jelinek Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. His research interests focus on organizational change in the health care sector, multi-institutional systems, governance, and physician participation in institutional management and policymaking. His studies have specifically examined a variety of organizations and interorganizational arrangements in the health care sector, including integrated health care systems, public-private partnerships, physician-organization arrangements, substance abuse treatment organizations, and multi-hospital systems.

Richard J. Bogue is president of Richard Bogue and Affiliates in Richton Park, Illinois. His research and demonstration work has examined governance, voluntary community partnerships, local and regional care network development, and practical approaches to evaluation. He provides consulting services focused on these elements of community-responsive health system improvement.

Carroll L. Estes is founding director and professor at the Institute for Health and Aging of the University of California, San Francisco. Her research is on the health and long-term care of the elderly, managed care and mental health services for the elderly, and the health and economic security of older women and vulnerable groups. She is the author, coauthor, or editor of ten books, and has written numerous scientific articles and book chapters.

Ewan B. Ferlie is a professor of public services management at the Imperial College Management School in London. His interests include the organization and management of health care, health care restructuring and strategic change, the diffusion of innovations, the roles of clinicians and managers, and the rise of the new public management.

Sheryl C. Goldberg is a research specialist at the Institute for Health and Aging of the University of California, San Francisco. She has directed numerous research projects on issues relating to long-term care, community-based services, mental health, and public policy for the elderly. Her research interests also include child welfare issues and program evaluation.

Susan M. Goldenson is a health care specialist at William M. Mercer, Inc., in Washington, D.C. Her research focuses on health care and group employee benefits issues, including health plan design, cost trends, and insurance coverage. She was previously a research associate at the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center, where she focused on long-term care and state Medicaid managed care evaluation.

Roz D. Lasker is director of the Division of Public Health and of the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health at the New York Academy of Medicine. In addition, she has an appointment as clinical professor of public health in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. In 1997, Dr. Lasker led a multidisciplinary study on the relationship between medicine and public health, which culminated in the publication of Medicine & Public Health: The Power of Collaboration and The Pocket Guide to Cases of Medicine & Public Health Collaboration. Currently, her work focuses on factors that influence how well diverse people and organizations work collectively and on procedures and structures that broaden community participation in collective action and decision making.

Rebecca Miller is program officer in the Division of Public Health and the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health at the New York Academy of Medicine. Her most recent research has focused on elucidating the factors that have the greatest impact on the functioning of health-related partnerships. She is currently developing assessment tools and training programs for partnerships that will assist them in addressing the challenges of collaboration.

James C. Robinson is professor of health economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on health care markets, organization, and finance, including managed care, medical groups, purchasing strategies, and the health care Internet.

Stephen M. Shortell is Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management and professor of organization behavior in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently conducting research on the strategy, structure, and performance of integrated health systems; the performance of community care networks; and the relationship between physician group practices and integrated health systems. In addition, he is assessing the implementation and impact of continuous quality improvement/total quality management on U.S. health care organizations.

Bryan J. Weiner is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His interests include health care governance, total quality management, community health coalitions, and the implementation of information technology in health care settings.

Elisa S. Weiss is associate director of the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health at the New York Academy of Medicine. She recently directed a national study to identify the factors that have the greatest influence on the ability of diverse people and organizations to collaborate through participation in partnerships. She is currently planning additional research to better understand the link between the collaboration process and partnership effectiveness.

Joshua M. Wiener is principal research associate at the Urban Institute. His research focuses on long-term care, aging, and state health policy. Recent work includes studies of consumer-directed home care in the United States and other countries, home- and community-based services under Medicaid, long-term care reform in the United Kingdom and Germany, and recent initiatives to promote private long-term care insurance. Prior to his appointment at the Urban Institute, he did research and policy analyses for the Brookings Institution, the Health Care Financing Administration, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Congressional Budget Office, and the New York City Department of Health.

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Volume 79, Issue 2 (pages 317–320)
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00207
Published in 2001